22. Chapter 22
Donkey or horse, who is faster?
Is that horse a cub?
No.
Is that horse lame?
No.
Is the horse alive?
Yes, definitely!
So, do you still need to ask?
It must be fast!
How can a little donkey outrun the horses of other soldiers, let alone a little donkey with a load!
A horse was in front of him, Gu Chaoge was mentioned like a little chicken, and the big man was fierce: "Run, you have the ability to continue running for Lao Tzu!" β
Gu Chaoge wanted to cry without tears, but fortunately, she had already stuffed the treasure notebook in her pocket into her clothes when she ran, and now she only needs ...... Kick the little donkey hard!
"Eh, the donkey ran away! It's running into the mountains, grab it! β
Those knives and instruments in the cage, if they are discovered, will definitely think that she is not a good person!
The mad donkey was quite violent, and the other big man on horseback did not dare to chase after him. The two tied up Gu Chaoge with a rope, let her follow behind the horse's ass like a slave, and led her back to the city.
In the meantime, Gu Chaoge tried to buy off the two big men with all the silver taels on his body, and wanted the two of them to let her go. As soon as she spoke, the two big men looked at each other in surprise, and then quacked and laughed: "It's really a girl's family, it won't be said by that old way, there is indeed a demon woman who casts witchcraft on the eldest lady of the Wei family, right?" β
"Hehehe, if that's the case, our brothers have made a great contribution, and the Wei family doesn't know how to thank us?"
"Maybe the eldest lady of the Wei family will be married to our brothers, then ...... Tut-tut...... I heard that the eldest lady was born with a sinking fish and a goose, her body is soft and slender, and she has nothing to say to the touch! β
The two of them laughed while imagining a better life in the future. It is also to blame Gu Chaoge for being unlucky, when she opened her head in the mountains, she was bumped into by a passing hunter, these years there is not enough to eat, and the bold and good fishing and hunting farmers often go to the mountains to try their luck. When the skull was opened, the sound of sawing bones was very terrible, and the farmer listened to it from afar, and his scalp was numb, and he saw a raunchy woman squatting there in the shade of the trees, and her head was close to the corpse on the ground, and half of the corpse was gone, so frightened that the farmer was so frightened that he turned around and ran.
When he returned, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. A few days later, a military master from the city came to ask if there were any strange people and monsters in the village, saying that the eldest lady of the Wei family was evil, and the Taoist priest suspected that someone had given her witch Gu or an evil thing such as a head lower. The relationship between the Wei family and Zhang Suiming is very good, and Yangzhou Taishou is in the name of "Taishou" of the Dajing Mansion, but he is saddle up the horse and make cattle and horses for Zhang Suiming. Taishou relied on the Wei family's snort, so the Wei family's master made a request, and he honestly complied, sent someone out to inquire, and planned to arrest someone casually.
Coincidentally, when the unlucky Gu Chaoge came out of the mountain, the farmer didn't sue her, who else could he sue?
"Be honest!" Sensing the strange movement of the rope in his hand, the big man turned around and shouted angrily at Gu Chaoge: "Dare to run, Lao Tzu will strengthen you first and then give it to the adult!" β
The big man next to him laughed: "Brother Cao, this woman is so dirty, she is a witch, and she eats human brains, why are you so heavy-mouthed?" β
"Phew!" The big man surnamed Cao spat out: "Scare her, who wants to touch such a dirty woman, maybe how ugly her face is!" To be strong, but also to be strong The best beauty of the eldest lady of the Wei family! β
The two squinting men suddenly turned the topic to Miss Wei's family, and Gu Chaoge, who was following behind, breathed a sigh of relief, lowering his head a little more, so that the messy hair and heavy untrimmed bangs could better cover his entire face, and then the knife hidden in his sleeve was revealed again. Just now she tried to cut the rope with a knife, but she was discovered by the alert man, but fortunately she received it in time.
"Brother Cao, why do I always think this woman is dishonest? Seeing that she is quiet, not crying or making trouble, my heart is full of ups and downs, this is a meritorious baby, don't let her run away. Gu Chaoge heard another big man suddenly say, so frightened that she put away the knife, and then the two horses stopped, the big man dismounted, and added another chain on the basis of the rope for her.
Their tools are a little too complete! Is it specifically here to arrest people?
She really guessed correctly, these two masters were specially ordered to catch scapegoats.
I don't have to run now, Gu Chaoge sighed in his heart, now there is only one way, I saw Yangzhou Taishou, explained the situation, and said that I am a doctor, go and see the eldest lady of the Wei family who is said to be evil.
I only hope that Yangzhou Taishou is a reasonable person and can listen to her.
Gu Chaoge thought so, so he re-entered Yangzhou City with the wolf attitude of a criminal who followed the horse. Many of the people looked at her with curiosity and fear, and as she passed by the inn last time, she saw the innkeeper standing in front of the door, staring at her with wide eyes and astonishment, apparently recognizing her.
"Master Jun, what's going on?" The hostess asked cautiously.
"Demon woman, the demon woman who eats human brains, the culprit who performed witchcraft Gu for Miss Wei, have been caught!" The big man shook the iron chain in his hand triumphantly, one forced, Gu Chaoge felt a strong pull forward, she stumbled, and almost fell, causing the big man to laugh for a while.
"Enchantress?" This, this is impossible, Doctor Gu, how can it be a witch, the proprietress opened her mouth in disbelief and looked at her intently.
Gu Chaoge could only smile bitterly and shook his head at her, the proprietress is a small common person, so don't meddle in your affairs and save yourself from getting into trouble.
"Enchantress?"
The Yangzhou Taishou in the hall, in the same puzzled tone as the proprietress in the hall, looked down at Gu Chaoge condescendingly, and looked at it for a moment: "Who is in the hall, report your name, is it that you did witchcraft to harm the eldest lady of the Wei family?" β
"The little girl's surname is Gu, her name is Chaoge, she is from the imperial capital, she has practiced medicine for generations in her family, what witch Gu, what Miss Wei, I have never heard of." Gu Chaoge raised his head calmly, although his face was dirty, his eyes were bright and bright, neither humble nor arrogant. After all, Yangzhou Taishou has seen a lot, and at a glance, she knows that this is not the temperament that ordinary ordinary people will have, otherwise she would have been scared in the face of a big official like herself.
The two big men who sent her saw that she was still talking quite imposingly, and they were worried that the fat in their mouths would slip away, so they hurriedly interjected and framed her: "My lord, this woman came out of the mountains, and the farmer said that he saw her eating human brains with his own eyes!" β
"Where is the farmer?" Gu Chaoge sneered: "As a bell doctor, I walk in the mountains and fields, what's wrong with coming out of the mountains?" Whoever sees me do such a horrible thing, even if they show evidence! β
Evidence? Well, the farmer didn't bring it! The big man surnamed Cao secretly made a mistake, but the big man who was with him wittily remembered that they had ordered the old servant woman of the Taishou Mansion to hastily search this woman once!
The old servant woman was inexperienced, and she didn't find the notebook that was close to her, but she found something else!
"Lord Taishou, please look, these are all found from this woman! This knife, this silver needle, and this strange brand, aren't they all necessary witchcraft tools for witches? The big man walked forward respectfully.
"Oh? Wait for the official to see. Yangzhou Taishou glanced at Dahan approvingly, and said in his heart that this guy knows routines. In this world, what kind of justice is still talked about, any thing you search for, you can say that they are witch tools, even if you don't have them, you can fabricate them out of thin air, today is just a formality, and it is just a show for the Wei family.
Yangzhou Taishou's surname is Wei, a middle-aged man with a goatee, a pair of thin eyes that are constantly dripping and turning all day long, both clever and cunning. When Zhang Suiming captured Yangzhou, he was a powerful civil official under Taishou, Taishou wanted to die in the city, it was he who knocked Taishou unconscious, and united several people to give Taishou as a gift to Zhang Suiming.
That's why he has today's good scenery.
It's just that recently, Zhang Suiming's combat effectiveness is not good, he attacked Jiqing and besieged Chuzhou, and the beginning was vigorous and beautiful. I thought that the territory of this salt head was going to expand again, but who knew that it was outflanked from the rear, and I heard that the Red Turban Army had hit Changzhou a few days ago?
At this juncture, everyone is looking at the direction of the wind and preparing to stand up again, just this wealthy Wei family, I don't know what to do, and I asked him to catch a witch to save the eldest lady of the Wei family.
Hey, if Lao Tzu is Zhang Suiming, he will copy all the Wei family's property......
Wait, what is this?
Wei Taishou casually pinched up the "physical evidence" on the table with a handkerchief, the knife is a good knife, and the silver needle is indeed used for acupuncture, but he wants to say that this is a monster, that is a monster.
It's just that...... This sign......
The workmanship is exquisite, the "long history" and "Yi" words on the front are nothing to say, and the "Yan" on the back, the iron and silver hooks, magnificent, seems to be Mr. Xue's handwriting.
Wei Taishou was able to mix up to now, relying on more than a little cleverness, his eyesight is very good, Xue Ji's calligraphy is unique in the world, and he quickly recognized that this is Xue Ji's real handwriting.
And Xue Ji is now the chief strategist of the Red Turban Army. That "Yan", could it be that he refers to the anti-thief leader of the Red Turban Army, Yan Zhao?
So, what does this woman in the hall have to do with the Red Turban Army?
Wei Taishou pinched this unusual brand, squinted his eyes and looked at Gu Chaoge who was kneeling in the hall, and his face gradually sank.
Gu Chaoge also saw it, and when she saw how he looked at this sign carefully, her heart was pounding, afraid that he would recognize the ownership of this brand, after all, she was now standing in Zhang Suiming's territory!
If, if Zhang Suiming took her hostage, would Yan Zhao and Yi Cui redeem her? SheβDid she invisibly cause trouble for them?
No, she can't drag them down, she has to find a way to escape no matter what, she must not be controlled by others! So, what should I do now......
"I'd rather not have any expression at all, and don't let people see your flustered, you know, little girl."
Yi Cui's certain sentence suddenly came to mind, this is what Yi Cui said to her casually after she argued against Liu Fuqing, she was angry at that time, and if she didn't listen, she didn't listen.
But now, she suddenly remembered it.
So the panic that had just surfaced on her face gradually subsided, and her face became pale and unfathomable, just like the usual Itri...... The same pretending.
She said lightly: "Taishou-sama, do you see something?" β
This woman was full of eccentricity, saying that she was a doctor, how could there be a token of the top of the Red Turban Army? So unhurried, did she deliberately let me see this sign?
Could it be that she came to recruit the old man on behalf of the Red Turban Army?
Wei Taishou's brain opened, and he felt very good about himself, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, so he kept a calm face and retreated: "You all go down, the old man wants to talk to this woman alone to see if she is a witch or a ...... Well, the average doctor. β
Of course, he actually just wanted to ask Gu Chaoge if the Red Turban Army had sent her to persuade her to surrender.
However, this woman didn't eat oil and salt, and she smiled from beginning to end: "What do you think? β